2010 NEXUS Award Given to Michael Catanio

Steve Harper, Senior Director, Channel Strategy and Management at Genentech introduced the award recipient. Genentech generously sponsored this year’s Nexus Award.

The Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research and Genentech, Inc. honored Michael Catanio, Director of Trade Relations at Bayer HealthCare Pharmaceuticals, Inc., with the Nexus Award for Lifetime Achievement at the Healthcare Distribution Management Association’s 2010 Business & Leadership Conference in Orlando, Florida. The Nexus award, the healthcare distribution industry’s highest honor, recognizes leadership, exemplary service and professional excellence in the healthcare industry and in the community.

Michael Catanio accepting the Nexus Award.

Specialty Trends and REMS Presentation by the Center’s EVP & COO

Karen Ribler, EVP & COO of the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research spoke at the 30th Annual Schwartz Symposium, sponsored by Long Island University’s School of Pharmacy on Sunday, June 13th. Her talk provided an overview of trends in the specialty pharmaceuticals segment highlighting insights found in the Center’s Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Facts, Figures and Trends publication. Ribler also detailed an ongoing project on Risk Evaluation and Mitigation Strategies (REMS) and development of regulations around REMS products.

To have Karen Ribler speak at your engagement, contact her at: (703)885-0256.

Did You Know?

Pharmaceutical distributor’s sales of healthcare products continue to rise. Over the past three years product sales increased nearly 14%.  Sales growth may reflect an increase in the number of sales as well as rising prices.

Source: 2009-2010 HDMA Factbook
           
 

2009-2010 Factbook

In September, the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research released the 2009-2010 HDMA Factbook, the most comprehensive, reliable source for healthcare distribution industry performance data.  This year’s Factbook features enhanced data collection and reporting techniques to stay up-to-date with the evolving distribution industry. The 2009-2010 HDMA Factbook is an indispensable resource for industry executives seeking to see how their company’s performance compares to their peers. Analysts, consultants and others also turn to the Factbook for authoritative industry data and benchmarks.

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2009 Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Facts, Figures and Trends

In November, the Center for Healthcare Supply Chain Research released 2009 Specialty Pharmaceuticals: Facts, Figures and Trends, a new publication providing insight into performance trends in the specialty pharmaceuticals segment of the healthcare industry. The publication presents data on nearly 40 measures of the specialty segment, a sector that has experienced considerable growth and continues to evolve. Developed with the assistance of leading specialty manufacturers and distributors, this new study provides reliable benchmarks and commentary on a growing and unique market.

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Contributor Spotlight

CargoNet recently served as a sponsor for the Center’s Supply Chain Security Seminar.  During the seminar, President David Shillingford and Managing Director Maurizio Scrofani also provided a workshop on A National Information-Sharing System to Combat Cargo Theft, the company’s new national cargo theft database.  Shillingford and Scrofani described how this new system’s security features enable data sharing on a “need to know” basis to protect brand owners while at the same time assisting in product recovery.

CargoNet helps shippers and their logistics companies deter cargo theft and recover stolen cargo through a national cargo crime information- sharing system, as well as provides loss prevention and training services. CargoNet’s system is integrated with law enforcement at the local, state and Federal levels and national and regional property theft databases.  CargoNet’s solutions focus on the cargo, the vehicle and the driver.

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